Day 3947: Education and Spelling Bee.

   

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The gift of education

Everyone should be able to pursue an education if they want, and New York Governor Kathy Hochul has helped thousands of young people get closer to that dream. About 125,000 New York high school students will receive a letter notifying them they’ve been automatically accepted to the State University of New York’s community college programs, Hochul announced this week. The move is part of a state effort to eliminate barriers to higher education. "Access to quality higher education is an engine for social mobility and we are taking comprehensive steps to ensure that college is affordable and accessible for students from all backgrounds," Hochul said. The City University of New York also announced its own plans to partner with the city’s public school system and send letters to 65,000 graduating seniors, welcoming them to CUNY, laying out their college options there and inviting them to apply. 

 

 

A round of applause for ...

Dev Shah, a 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, who won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee this week! Spelling bees are so stressful, I bet every kid on that stage had the same heart rate as a person being actively hunted by a bear. Shah outlasted them all, securing the $50,000 prize and ultimate nerd glory (in a complimentary way). His winning word was "psammophile," which the program I use to write this newsletter doesn't even recognize as a word. Here are some of the stumpers Shah nailed:

 psammophile: an organism that prefers or thrives in sandy soils or areas

schistorrhachis: spina bifida 

aegagrus: a little calcified deposit usually found in the digestive tract

rommack: to romp or play boisterously (definitely remembering this one)

tolsester: a toll paid for the liberty to brew and sell ale

 

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A 2 minute video,Josh Ritter, here.

 

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Long-tailed Glossy Starling

 

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